Pink Will Sing the National Anthem at the 2018 Super Bowl

Justin Timberlake won't be the only star gracing the Super Bowl LII stage next month. On Monday NBC and the NFL announced that Pink will perform the national anthem before the big game at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, February 4.

According to Variety, she'll be accompanied by actor and director Alexandria Wailes, who will perform both the national anthem and "America the Beautiful" in American Sign Language on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf.

Pink's in good company: The national anthem has been performed at the Super Bowl by stars like Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Cher, Beyoncé, and, perhaps most famously, Whitney Houston. The "Beautiful Trauma" singer's performance could also serve as something of an audition for Timberlake's slot at a future Super Bowl, since many of the performers who have belted out Francis Scott Key's ode to America before the biggest game of the football season have gone on to take the stage at the halftime show later on in their careers. Most recently, in 2017, just one year after performing her own rendition of the anthem on the field, Lady Gaga snagged the coveted halftime slot at Super Bowl LI (where the patriotic tune was sung by country star Luke Bryan).

Pink, who will kick off her Beautiful Trauma World Tour in March and is slated to perform at the sixtieth annual Grammy Awards later this month, seemingly hinted at her Super Bowl performance in a tweet last weekend. "I'm really looking forward to 2018. I'm really excited about the Grammys. Tour. Some other stuff that's a secret still and I can't wait til it's not a secret," she wrote, adding, "I'm also excited for Trump to lose his Twitter password and also I'm excited that I have dope hair."

And although national anthem duty is typically a much tamer gig than the halftime show, which can include anything from pyrotechnics to accidental nudity to theatrical stage dives, there's a good chance Pink, who's known for implementing acrobatics into her concerts, will be anything but tame when she takes the football field in Minnesota next month.